Does anyone know anything about the origin of this? I learned this song from a friend. She learned it from her grandmother, who in turn had gotten it from a teacher she had when she attended an Indian school in the midwest United States. The teacher was from the deep South.

Fly Bird Fly

Fly bird fly, fly bird fly. .
you fly no lonelier than I.

The saddest sound my ears have ever heard,
was a baby crying for a long gone bird.

So, fly bird fly, fly bird fly. .
you fly no lonelier than I.

One day soon, tell you what somebody's going to do. . .
They're gonna kill my bird. . .on that morning I'll die too.

So, Fly bird fly, fly bird fly. . .
you fly no lonelier than I.